Little Tern from the Firth fence
I can only assume that there is little or no fish off of Dungeness at the moment, only 4 Porpoises seen again today where as most years in the summer up to 90 would be present, also there are no feeding flocks of Gannets, Kittiwakes, Gulls, Terns off shore, it would also explain the total lack of any Shearwaters at this end of the channel.
At Burrowes Pit today there were 8 Little Terns, 3 Sandwich Terns, 14 Common Terns, a Turnstone, a Common Sandpiper and a Ringed Plover, the Terns probably driven in by the severe weather overnight and today, also 100s of Sand Martins and c20 Swifts.
Little Terns on Burrowes
1 of 2 Whimbrel present at the ARC this morning
ARC totals today single each of Wigeon, Greenshank, Wood and Green Sandpiper, 5 Common Sandpipers, 2 Whimbrel, 6 Little Ringed Plovers, 4 Dunlin and Garganey among the usual wildfowl.
Wood Sandpiper from Hanson this afternoon
Wood Sandpiper bathing this afternoon
2 juvenile Garganey from Hanson this afternoon
Sparrowhawk by Hanson Hide
Tree Lichen Beauty the highlight of a meagre catch last night
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